ASEAN and Regional Free Trade Agreements / Edition 1

by Christopher Findlay

Overview

Efforts to use existing trade agreements to build a larger regional agreement face many challenges. This book considers this problem with reference to ASEAN’s current agreements with key partners and the interest to build the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The analysis of the options is framed by a focus on the use of supply chains in international business. Issues considered include those related to reductions in tariffs, trade facilitation, the treatment of investment and of services and the definition of rules of origin. The work is informed by case studies of supply chains in automobile and electronics, and in a professional service sector. The book provides a set of priority actions for better progress in taking a bottom-up approach to building RCEP.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415870726
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/21/2015
Series:	Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics
Pages:	394
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Christopher Findlay took up the position of Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions at the University of Adelaide in June 2011. Professor Findlay is also currently vice-chair of the Australian Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (AUSPECC). Previously he was professor of economics and head of school at the University of Adelaide. Professor Findlay has a PhD and MEc from the ANU and an honours degree in economics from the University of Adelaide. He became a member of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2002 and a member of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2007. Australia’s economic relations with Asia is the theme of his research.

Table of Contents

1. Overview 2. Production Network Trade of ASEAN in the Context of China’s Rise 3. Trade Facilitation in ASEAN+6 Economies: Provisions in FTAs, Performance and the Way Forward 4. FDI Liberalisation, Free Trade Agreements and Greater Regionalism in Asia and ASEAN 5. Services in ASEAN+1 FTAs 6. Pursuing a Consolidated Tariff Structure in the RCEP: Sensitivity and Inconsistency in ASEAN’s Trade Protection 7. Rules of Origin in ASEAN+1 Free Trade Agreements and the Supply Chain in East Asia 8. ASEAN+1 FTAs and the Global Supply Chain in East Asia: The Case of the Philippine Automotive and Electronics Sectors 9. FTAs and Supply Chains in the Thai Automotive Industry 10. The Electronics Industry in Malaysia 11. The Electronics Industry in Indonesia 12. Regulatory Restrictions in Logistics Services of ASEAN+6 Economies 13. The Nature of Relationships within Supply Networks and Their Role in the Delivery of Services in East Asian Emerging Markets